Shimmer Sensing www.shimmersensing.com headquartered in Dublin provides medical grade wearable wireless sensors. The company is partnering with the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard http://wyss.harvard.edu with plans to do further research on Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) using wearable sensing technology.
The Wyss Institute develops bioinspired materials and devices that can be translated into commercial products and therapies through collaborations with clinical investigators and corporate alliances.
“Partnering with Shimmer Sensing will allow us to further develop our remote RPM platform called “MercuryLive,” said Paolo Bonato, PhD Associate Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School.
“MercuryLive” a platform includes wireless devices designed to support remote monitoring by clinicians. Patients with Parkinson’s disease, individuals suffering from stroke, TBI survivors, or children with cerebral palsy are able to receive sensor data via an interactive video feed. Another application will enable clinicians to remotely monitor patients with knee osteoarthritis using a knee sleeve with embedded wireless sensors.
The clinicians will also be able to observe older adults in their home using wearable sensors plus a mobile robot has been designed to navigate the environment and reach the subject in case of an emergency.
In addition, Shimmer Sensing has deployed an FDA approved biophysical application in the U.S, a telerehabilitation solution in Spain, and a player tracking and performance management solution in the U.K and Ireland.